Apparatus for melt spinning of synthetic filaments

Claim 1

IMPROVED QUENCH APPARATUS FOR MELT SPINNING OF SYNTHETIC YARNS OF HIGH TOTAL FILAMENT DENIER, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A PAIR OF VERTICAL SPACED SIDE PANELS, AN UPPER AND A LOWER END PANEL CONNECTED TO SAID SIDE PANELS AT A CORRESPONDING UPPER AND LOWER END THEREOF AND EACH HAVING A TRANSVERSE OPENING THERETHROUGH, A FORAMINOUS BACK PANEL HAVING A PLURALITY OF PORES THEREIN AND BEING CONNECTED TO SAID SIDE AND END PANELS, A PIVOTAL DOOR FASTENED TO ONE OF SAID SIDE PANELS OPPOSITE SAID FORAMINOUS BACK PANEL AND PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF THROTTLING ORIFICES THEREIN ARRANGED IN LONGITUDINAL ROWS AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF A VCERTICAL CENTRAL UNPERFORATED PORTION, MEANS ON SAID PIVOTAL DOOR AND ON ONE OF SAID SIDE PANELS FOR CLOSING SAID PIVOTAL DOOR UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS, AN ELONGATED CHAMBER DEFINED BY THE INNER WALLS OF SAID SIDE, END, AND BACK PANELS, A CONVERGENCE GUIDE POSITIONED WITHIN SAID ELONGATED CHAMBER AND ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED IN OVERHANGING RELATION OVER SAID TRANSVERSE OPENING IN SAID LOWER END PANEL, A SPINNERET MOUNTED NEAR SAID TRANSVERSE OPENING IN SAID UPPER END PANEL FOR EXTRUDING A GROUP OF FILAMENTS DOWNWARDLY THERETHROUGH AND INTO SAID ELONGATED CHAMBER, A RECESSED HOUSING SEALINGLY SECURED TO SAID SIDE AND END PANELS REARWARDLY OF SAID FORMAMINOUS PANEL, SAID RECESSED HOUSING HAVING A PLENUM CHAMBER DEFINED THEREIN NORMALLY CHARGED WITH FLUID UNDER PRESSURE AND VEING IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH SAID ELONGATED CHAMBER VIA SAID PORES IN SAID FORAMINOUS PANEL, BLOWER MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AIR UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID PLENUM CHAMBER, AND TAKEUP MEANS POSITIONED NEAR SAID TGRANSCVERSE OPENING IN SAID LOWER END PANEL FOR COLLECTING SAID FILAMENTS.